TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Monitor lizard bite-induced acute kidney injury - a case report
JO  - Renal failure
A1  - Vikrant, Sanjay
A1  - Verma, Balbir Singh
SP  - 444
EP  - 446
VL  - 36
IS  - 3
N2  - Envenomations by venomous lizards are rare. Monitor lizard bite-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) is a previously unreported complication in humans. A 55-year-old female was bitten on her right leg during farming activity by a monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis). The patient experienced severe local pain and bleeding from the wound, coagulopathy, hemolysis, rhabdomyolysis, sepsis, and AKI. Patient was treated with supportive care and peritoneal dialysis but succumbed to a sudden cardiac arrest. Post mortem kidney biopsy revealed pigment induced-acute tubular injury. AKI after monitor lizard envenomation is caused by acute tubular injury in the setting of intravascular hemolysis, rhabdomyolysis and sepsis. Coagulopathy and direct nephrotoxicity may be the other contributory factors in causing AKI.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-022X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/0886022X.2013.868223
ID  - ref1
ER  -